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In Afghanistan, a suicide bombing took place at an election rally of President Ashraf Ghani in Parwan province in the north-east of the country. There would be at least 24 dead. Another explosion also occurred in central Kabul, not far from the US embassy. The Taliban have claimed both attacks.
From our correspondent in Kabul , Sonia Ghezali
The kamikaze explosion, it seems, took place outside the training center in Parwan province, northeastern Afghanistan. This is where a campaign rally of President Ashraf Ghani, candidate for his own succession, was held.
No one was injured among the participants according to the Ministry of the Interior, witnesses even say that the rally continued after the explosion while a thick cloud of smoke rose in the sky a few meters from the. The victims are all civilians, according to security sources.
Shortly after this explosion, there was another one, but in Kabul this time, in the heart of the Afghan capital at the entrance to the diplomatic zone near one of the Ministry of Defense entrances, at the roundabout. Massoud point who is very busy.
Presidential poll to be held in 11 days , security fears are confirmed, two days ago an explosion occurred just meters from Ashraf Ghani's campaign headquarters in Jalalabad in the east of the country, the Taliban warned that they would attack the electoral process warning the public not to go to vote at the risk of losing their lives, " those who go despite warnings will do so at their own risk ," said two days a former Taliban cadre in Kabul.